Saline vs. Silicone

Breast augmentation surgery (also known as breast enlargement) increases the size of the breasts through the insertion of saline or silicone implants. Almost two decades after it was banned from use for cosmetic breast augmentation, the silicone gel implant has bounced back stronger than ever. However, despite it’s resurgence, silicone gel implants still carry a …

Pucker Those Lips!

What Is the Ideal Filler to Help Enhance Your Lovely Kissables? I tell all my patients who come in for lip enhancement: “Sausage is a shape, but not for lips!” All too often, especially around the 90210 zip code, I see lips that are unsightly due to distorted and irregular shapes. None of which are …

BOTOX® for Migraine Headaches

Over the past year, I’ve had several patients come in to see me for their migraine headaches. They have tried prescription medications but to no avail. The headaches are so severe that it literally hinders their life’s daily activities. Not only does stress from the workplace bring on these headaches, but exercising and sexual intimacy …

BOTOX® Cosmetic in your 20s?

I was at a plastic surgery conference last year and the host speaker told us how his 18-year-old daughter brought up the subject of BOTOX® Cosmetic. She wanted to know why she couldn’t get BOTOX® Cosmetic to “prevent aging.” So he in turn posed the question to all of us plastic surgeons in the audience. …